This study aims to analyze whether banks' deviation from the mainstream in terms of asset and liability allocation enables them to perform better than their competition. Overall, deviation in the liability structure seems to have a significant impact on performance. In a second regression, the...

This paper aims to study in detail the principles and the practices of corporate governance at the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) and in the Turkish capital markets, in reference to the OECD corporate governance principles. The fundamental concepts that relate to the principles of corporate...

A fundamental step in the development of financial markets is the introduction of derivative products, which are structured to facilitate hedging. By integrating the expectations on the future prices of securities into the market transactions, the resultant liquidity increases the...

This study focuses on a certain aspect of substitution effect between FX and stock market investments. The motivation for this approach is that a forecast of future correlations and volatilities is the basis for pricing models, according to Engle (2002). Forecasts are obtained via a methodology...

The process of full membership of Turkey to the EU which was accelerated with the confirmation of Turkey’s candidate status covers the harmonization of the Turkish capital markets with the financial markets of the EU. The competitive environment created by transition to the single currency...

This study demonstrates the existence of economically significant information spillovers between stock markets and markets for shipping freight by sea. Using multivariate correlation models on the returns of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), we find mutual...

This study focuses on a certain aspect of substitution effect between FX and stock market investments. The motivation for this approach is that a forecast of future correlations and volatilities is the basis for pricing models, according to Engle (2002). Forecasts are obtained via a methodology...

This paper develops a model of macroeconomic forecasting in which a forecaster's wage is a function of his accuracy as well as the publicity he generates for his firm by being correct. In the resulting Nash equilibrium, forecasters with identical models, information, and incentives nevertheless...

We hypothesize that the intrinsic benefit required to trigger a refinancing has become smaller due to a combination of technological, regulatory, and structural changes that have made mortgage origination more competitive and more efficient. To test this hypothesis, we estimate an empirical...